RI Police Chief Supports Gun Registration Bill
Johnston Police Chief Richard Tamburini said although it's a work in progress, the gun registration bill is a step in the right direction.
Johnston Police Chief Richard Tamburini said he supports a Rhode Island gun registration bill, according to the Johnston Sunrise. The legislation (H5573) would require gun owners to register their weapons with local police departments or the state police and allow police to keep copies of applications for gun purchases sent to them for background checks. Tamburini said overall he supported the legislation, but it is “a work in progress." “The people who are not going to comply are the ones who affect the police officers,” Tamburini told the paper. Not all law enforcement agree with the bill. State Rep. Dennis M. Canario (D - Portsmouth, Tiverton and Little Compton), a retired Portsmouth police officer, spoke out against the legislation…
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Pete Wawryk
6:53 pm on Thursday, March 14, 2013
What a shame - Rhode Islanders, known for some 375 years (since 1636) for being at the forefront of the fight against oppression & tyranny for all Americans, find themselves looking at oppression from fellow Rhode Islanders. No criminal or insane person would even consider obeying such a law, so how it it making Rhode Islander's safer ? What it WILL do, though, is to infringe upon the rights of … more ›